I.NAME AND ANOT2ER EMPL LIFTING STEEL FRAME AND MOVING IT APPX 5' TO SIDE.SOMEHOW DURING THIS ,I.NAME PULLED MUSCLE IN LOWER BACK.HE HAS REFUSED MEDICAL ATTENTION.
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Showing all 6HE WAS SHOVELING GARNET SAND INTO THE BUCKET OF A LOADER. AFTER ABOUT 15 MINUTES OF SHOVELING, HE FELT A PAIN IN HIS LOWER BACK WHEN HE STOOD UP.
SHE WAS LIFTING A 100 LB BAG OF SAND FROM THE FLOOR TO A TABLE APPROX 3 FT HIGH AT ABOUT WASIT LEVEL THE CORNER OF THE BAG CAUGHT ON THE TABLE EDGE THE UNEXPECTED RESITANCE CAUSED HER TO STR STRAIN THE MUSCLES OF HER LOWER BACK
I.NAME STRAINED HIS BACK WHILE LIFTING BAG OF SAND.HIS SUPV NOT AWARE HIS BACK PROBLEMS WERE WORK RELATED UNTIL AFTER I.NAME SENT TO PHYSICIAN BY SUPV INSISTENCE.UNAWARE OF INJURY UNTIL CONTAC TED BY DR. ON 11-1-84.
HE WAS HELPING TWO OTHER MEN CHANGE THE DECKS IN AN AIR SEPARATOR WHEN THE TIP OF HIS RIGHT INDEX FINGER WAS PINCHED BETWEEN THE DECK AND THE FRAME . AT THE TIME HE DID NOT WANT ANY MEDICAL TR TREATMENT BUT LATER THE FINGER BECAME PAINFULL AND HE WENT TO THE HOSPITAL EMERGENCY ROOM THAT EVENING.
I.NAME OPENING GATE IN FEED CHUTE WHEN GATE POPPED OPEN ALL AT ONCE HE TWISTED AS HE TRIED TO COMPENSATE FOR UNEXPECTED SUDDEN MOVEMENT AND WRENCHED HIS BACK.